Native Dish:
Name:Gallo Pinto [red beans&rice]
Recipe:Ingredients:
1 cup gallo pinto beans
1 bay leaf
1 small onion, peeled
1 clove
2 cloves garlic, peeled
Salt
1 1/2 cups long-grain white rice
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
Freshly ground black pepper
One Celebration or Festival:battle of San Jacinto september 14th.
Literacy Rate:total population
USA: 97%
Country:67.5%
Social Customs:they get married during the age of 16&23.eating breakfast is
usaully at 6or 7a.m. but people in rural ares might eat at an earlier time period
greetings either shake hands or say mucho gusto de conocerle [glade to meet you ].
Recreation:they mostly play sports like baseball is there national sport ,boxing .soccer ,softball ,basketball and
volleyball.
Government:
Type:republican
Leader:the executive branch is composed of the president currently Daniel Ortega, the vice president ,and the cabinet.
Independence:
When:september 15th
From Whom:spain
Economics
Monetary Unit:cordoba oro
Exchange Rate:gold cordobas per us dollar .$17,582 [2006],$16,733[2005],15,937[2004]
15,105[2003],14.251[2002].
Physical Features:
1.covering 49,998sq miles ,nicaragua is about the size of iowa,is small and about one third of the country is covered by forest.
2.only about 20% of the land is suitable for itvatipion,large pine forest are located in the north west and mountain areas
,while tropical rain forest and coastal wetlands spread across the east.
1.spanish[official]97.5%
2.miskito1.7%,other 0.8%[1995 cenus}
1.roman catholic 72.9%
2.Episcopal 0.1% , other1.9% , morvian 1.5%
Name:Gallo Pinto [red beans&rice]
Recipe:Ingredients:
1 cup gallo pinto beans
1 bay leaf
1 small onion, peeled
1 clove
2 cloves garlic, peeled
Salt
1 1/2 cups long-grain white rice
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
Freshly ground black pepper
USA: 97%
Country:67.5%
usaully at 6or 7a.m. but people in rural ares might eat at an earlier time period
greetings either shake hands or say mucho gusto de conocerle [glade to meet you ].
volleyball.
When:september 15th
From Whom:spain
15,105[2003],14.251[2002].
USA: $39,676
Country:nicaragua,3.100
1.food processing
2.machinery & metal products
Imports:$3,422 billion f.o.b.[2006 est.]
Exports:$1,978 billion f.o.b., note -includes free trade zones [2006 est .]
Men:68.82 years
woman:73.13 years [2007est.]
1.gold,silver
2.copper,tungsten,fish
3.lead ,zinc,timer.
1.covering 49,998sq miles ,nicaragua is about the size of iowa,is small and about one third of the country is covered by forest.
2.only about 20% of the land is suitable for itvatipion,large pine forest are located in the north west and mountain areas
,while tropical rain forest and coastal wetlands spread across the east.